TY - JOUR AU - Kassouf, Wassim AU - Aprikian, Armen AU - Black, Peter AU - Kulkarni, Girish AU - Izawa, Jonathan AU - Eapen, Libni AU - Fairey, Adrian AU - So, Alan AU - North, Scott AU - Rendon, Ricardo AU - Sridhar, Srikala S. AU - Alam, Tarik AU - Brimo, Fadi AU - Blais, Normand AU - Booth, Chris AU - Chin, Joseph AU - Chung, Peter AU - Drachenberg, Darrel AU - Fradet, Yves AU - Jewett, Michael AU - Moore, Ron AU - Morash, Chris AU - Shayegan, Bobby AU - Gotto, Geoffrey AU - Fleshner, Neil AU - Saad, Fred AU - Siemens, D. Robert PY - 2016/02/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Recommendations for the improvement of bladder cancer quality of care in Canada: A consensus document reviewed and endorsed by Bladder Cancer Canada (BCC), Canadian Urologic Oncology Group (CUOG), and Canadian Urological Association (CUA), December 2015 JF - Canadian Urological Association Journal JA - CUAJ VL - 10 IS - 1-2 SE - White Paper DO - 10.5489/cuaj.3583 UR - https://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/3583 SP - E46-80 AB - This initiative was undertaken in response to concerns regarding the variation in management and in outcomes of patients with bladder cancer throughout centres and geographical areas in Canada. Population-based data have also revealed that real-life survival is lower than expected based on data from clinical trials and/or academic centres. To address these perceived shortcomings and attempt to streamline and unify treatment approaches to bladder cancer in Canada, a multidisciplinary panel of expert clinicians was convened last fall for a two-day working group consensus meeting. The panelists included urologic oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, patient representatives, a genitourinary pathologist, and an enterostomal therapy nurse. The following recommendations and summaries of supporting evidence represent the results of the presentations, debates, and discussions. Methodology ER -